Green data; great for business and environment

Reducing carbon footprint and a focus on green credentials is providing flow on effects to clients of national data centre network provider T4 Group, helping to offset their overall carbon footprint.

Established in 2021, T4 Group provides regional New Zealand with access to colocation Data Centres and green, reliable, secure, and economically viable data network solutions. It is now ensuring it plays a vital role in its client’s supply chains, with its green credentials proving to crucially add value.

The group currently operates two Data Centres with a third being built in Southland, and it has recently introduced emission management on all its facilities to measure and reduce the carbon footprint.

T4 Group recently engaged carbon and utility management solutions firm ESP to undertake an audit and review across its Auckland site. The company specialises in delivering energy management plans to reduce energy use and improve sustainability. T4 Group director of technology, Jason Porter, said they were looking forward to implementing recommendations to reduce waste and increase efficiency.

“We are committed to reducing the carbon footprint of our operation, part of that requires constant reviewal of our operations and implementing improvements. It is also increasingly important to our clients as we help to improve their carbon footprint,” he said.

T4 Group’s newest Data Centre will be a world leading and New Zealand’s first Tier 4 to be built in Southland, it will use renewable hydro power and provide clients with unparalleled security, infrastructure, and uptime for businesses.

“We are being cognitive of our geographic location and unique climate to significantly reduce reliance on powered cooling systems,” Jason said.

The Data Centre will transfer heat to a nearby commercial building to maximise efficiency and eliminate coal use, and its modular design means the site can be responsive and future modules can be added as and when required by the industry, taking advantage of newer, more sustainable technology.

“The net result is that it helps to offset some of our Tier 2 and Tier 3 centres, bringing our total carbon footprint down,” Jason said.

Jason said the combined outcome of these initiatives would ensure that T4 Group’s green credentials will lead the rest of New Zealand.